Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
087
TEXTILES: BRAIDING, NETTING, AND LACE MAKING

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> TEXTILES: BRAIDING, NETTING, AND LACE MAKING
		PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS
1		. Coated or impregnated
2		. Elastic
3		. Intertwisted strands
4		. . Twist or bobbinet lace
5		. With material incorporated in diverse ways
6		. . Tubular fabric with core
7		. . Braided with unbraided material
8		. Braided
9		. . Tubular
10		. . Lace
11		. . Variable form
12		. Knotted mesh
13		. Miscellaneous
		APPARATUS
14		. With pattern mechanism
15		. . With electric or fluid operated means
16		. . For braiding apparatus with movable switch for carrier
17		. . For braiding apparatus of arrestable carrier type
18		. With stopping or starting
19		. . Electrical
20		. With automatic control
21		. . Let offs
22		. . . Ratchet type
23		. With coating or impregnating
24		. Intertwisted strand type
25		. . Portable
26		. . . With diverse material incorporating
27		. . Twist or bobbinet lace
28		. With diverse material incorporating
29		. . Tubular fabric with core
30		. . Braided with unbraided material
31		. With take up
32		. Combined
33		. Braiding
34		. . With mandrel or form
35		. . With die or shaper
36		. . With beater or strand layer
37		. . With movable switch for carrier
38		. . . Carrier actuated
39		. . Arrestable carrier type
40		. . . With clutch
41		. . With braid variation
42		. . Interlocking twist type
43		. . With reciprocating carrier
44		. . Concentric circular orbit type
45		. . . Rack and gear carrier propellers
46		. . . Intermittently retractible carrier propellers
47		. . . . Rotating
48		. . . Strand deflecting devices
49		. . With strand anti-twist means
50		. . Carrier propelling and/or guiding means
51		. . . Without race plate
52		. Tatting
53		. Knotted mesh fabric
54		. Shuttles, carriages and/or threading and loading or unloading devices
55		. . Braiding carriers
56		. . . With strand tensioning means
57		. . . . Let offs
58		. . Tatting type
59		. . . With rewinding means
60		. . Seine needles
61		. Strand tensioners
62		. Miscellaneous

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000